2016 IN PICS – INNOCENT CHILDREN IN WAR TORN SYRIA

Heart-wrenching pictures of Aleppo which were surfaces online. We Are Dead Either Way – Agonizing Choices for Syrians in Aleppo.

A Bosnian Muslim woman cries as several thousands of Bosnian protestors gather to raise their voice against the killing in eastern Aleppo, Syria, during a rally in Sarajevo, on December 14, 2016. The seige of Aleppo is brutal but far from unprecedented, with the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and Chechnya’s regional capital Grozny previously subjected to devastating bombardments. / AFP PHOTO / ELVIS BARUKCIC

A Syrian child cooks in the street in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, on December 13, 2016, during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake the embattled city. UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm over reports of atrocities against civilians Monday, as the battle for Aleppo entered its final phase with Syrian government forces on the verge of retaking rebel-held areas of the city. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Destruction is seen in Aleppo’s Bustan al-Basha neighbourhood on November 28, 2016, during Syrian pro-government forces assault to retake the entire northern city from rebel fighters. Government forces have retaken a third of rebel-held territory in Aleppo, forcing nearly 10,000 civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive to retake Syria’s second city. In a major breakthrough in the push to retake the whole city, regime forces captured six rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo over the weekend, including Masaken Hanano, the biggest of those in eastern Aleppo. / AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIAN